exactly

even more to the point, you're going from a Skyline that people that aren't really even into cars think is hot, and stepping down into a run of the mill, see half a dozen on my way to work, 240 that everyone, even people not into cars, thinks is "just a 240" The only people that are going to think it is "cool" are the people that get a chubby from being JDM.

Shit, for that price range, you could get a newer Beamer and be more respectable than a s13.
And this is coming from a guy that has a soft spot for s13's.

The only way I'd do that deal is if it came with a big fat stack of cash. At least 5 figures.
Otherwise, I'd pass onto something else.

 

Indeed, its definetly got to be shitty, especially compared with an S14, I mean with that slightly different rear subframe, and a hair longer flca's, definetly makes it a pile of shit, comparatively, oh and dont forget that lack of passenger airbag.

Eeesh, no logic contained within your post.

 

Sweet, it's the rhd counterpart to a car they sell here. Hatch + SR + aero = 180sx. If you think the car is worth 5X more than something you could build here then that's your opinion. Nowhere in this thread did I say anything comparing an s14 to an s13. You're looking for something that isn't there. However, if you want to compare apples to oranges in the form of opinions.

Flip up headlights look dated and remind me of Back to the Future.

90% of s13's are old rusty beaten to death shitboxes.

If the s13 is so great then why are s14 subframes, 5 lug from an s14, front lower control arms from an s14 and a myriad of other things on nearly every s13 owners upgrade list?

Not to mention the weight balance of the car changes noticeably as the gas tank empties.

These are my opinions and I'm entitled to them. Yes I realize that an s14 isn't much better and poses a marginal improvement over an s13 but if this thread were titled: Legit s14 silvia.... what's it worth? I'd be echoing the same thing. "It's a fucking s14!!!" RHD, JDM, OMG, TAX, Japan, shouldn't be selling points for a car unless you're a faggot that wants to drive around and have fanboys swing off your nuts because you have a "Legit" 15 year old grey market car.

 

 

 

wow, gone for a few days and this kinda blew up... mmmkay look

i valued the car around 13, my opinion, what i would pay.

dude passed on 5K on top.

i don't really want a S13 or a S14 for that matter.

no one is paying cash for me to get my 350z vert that i want, so that's on the back burner for now.

all i'm getting is trade offers, like 13's and 14's, and most of those snips want it to be a straight trade.

THE NOVELTY OF OWNING A GTR HAS WORN OFF, i don't give a fuck anymore what my car is, i just want to move on to the next one.

yes s13's and 14's are shit, but you have to admit, if you're going 13, that silver type x is top notch choice.

tommy, don't defend the similarities on two shithole cars, it doesn't fucking matter, yes we love em, but they're nothing worth writing home about.

no cash offers = me having to look seriously at trade offers instead, even Z guys want straight trade for a Z that books @ 10.5...

you guys say "at least five figures" LOL... i've found while trying to sell this car, that NO s chassis owner has 5 figures to throw on top of his bucket... just saying, few do, but 99% not so much.


that's my predicament.. /rant.



EDIT: this is marshall/BZ82, not jeff/hillbillydrifter, i'm in tampa at his house and didn't think to log him out before posting...

 

You're usually echoing the "its a fucking s13" with the air that 14's are so much better.

The differences are minute, and cost squat, the car in question being a 97-98, produced right alongside the 97-98 S14's shows that it wasnt so piss poor that nissan dropped it, with the release of the new awesome S14.

FLCAs and 5 lug are about the ONLY things on any sort of list that would be "common" upgrades taken from an S14, and then enough S14's came with 4 lug as well...

Its a very clean 97-98 car, its pretty common for kouki S14's to go for 5-8k here, then an SR swap, etc rhd, the value of the car isnt what you can buy some shitbox for and a clip, getting all of the parts to do it, and do it properly will cost more than that, let alone actually being able to do the conversion properly.

Value is what someone is willing to pay, for some this is a low figure because they dont know what they're looking at, for others its outrageous because they get suckered.

Figures below 8k on this are generally derived from the first half of that...

 

Your an idiot, I wasnt "defending the similarities" , I was illustrating the fact that they are the same model year range therefore the suspension, drivetrain, etc will be in similar shape, therefore while "its a fucking s13" its generally going to be in similar shape to "every other fucking s14"

 

dude, seriously

do you have to argue everything?
you're arguing against people's opinions and even as you pointed out, Value is a matter of opinion. We are all of the opinion that it is "just a s13" and shouldn't be glorified to being some 15 thousand dollar car that is isn't.
What's there to argue?
We all get that things between you and your father really suck and we understand that because of that you have to prove your superiority at every possible opportunity. But seriously, we aren't the ones that refused to hug you as a child. So maybe you last attempt to patch things over with him didn't work. Try again. It isn't too late. You don't have to live your life as hateful son of a bitch because you couldn't work it out with your father. Bite the bullet and try again or let it go. You're grown now. Don't need to hang onto so much teenage resentment. It isn't healthy.

 

but seriously... people need to chill.